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Nude pictures on Bilyaminu’s phone sparked fight that caused his death, witness tells court Maryam Sanda who is standing trial for allegedly killing her husband Bilyaminu Bello has revealed in a statement she made before the police that several nude pictures she found on her husband’s phone caused the fight which eventually led to his […]

The Nigerian police have promised to close its case in the trial of Maryam Sanda on Monday, December 3, 2018. After calling two witnesses to give evidence against Maryam Sanda on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, Mr Fidelis Ogbobe who is the counsel for the prosecution, told the court that he had just one more witness […]

A prosecution witness, Hamza Abdullahi on Thursday, November 15, 2018, told an FCT High Court sitting in Maitama that Maryam Sanda refusal to answer doctor’s questions forced the hospital to deny her husband, Bilyaminu Bello medical attention The witness who is a laundryman said he and one other had accompanied Maryam to Maitama clinics at […]

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High court sitting in Abuja has ordered a senator representing Abia-South Senatorial District of Abia State, Enyinnaya Abaribe to temporarily forfeit the bail bond of N100m for failing to produce IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu in court. Senator Abaribe, a Jewish High Priest, Emmanu El- Salom Oka BenMadu and an […]

Senator Abaribe in court after arrest by DSS Senator Enyinninya Abaribe was yesterday released after four days in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Senator Abaribe was released in the evening, yesterday, according to close associates. The senator, who is chairman of the Senate Southeast caucus could not be immediately reached as […]

Oby Ezekwesili’s lone protest to Presidential Villa | Security operatives tackle her A former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Tuesday, embarked on a lone protest to the Presidential Villa, Abuja over the killings of over 100 people in Barkin-Ladi and Riyom in Plateau State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Supported by a few members […]

Again, Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, snubs Senate The Nigerian Senate has given the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, one more week to appear before its plenary. This follows Mr Idris’ decision not to honour the senate invitation to appear before it on Wednesday. The lawmakers on Wednesday adopted an admonition from the Senate President, […]

The Bring Back our Girls (BBOG) group on Thursday returned to Unity Fountain in Abuja, which the police has banned the public from using. Watch Also: Inside Details: How Buhari allegedly cover up corruption in Nigerian military The group said it returned to the venue because the week made it four years that over 200 girls […]

Update: Police, Shiite proatesters clash in Abuja The police have forcefully dispersed Shiites demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, at the Unity Fountain, Abuja. Watch Also: My dad burnt my property for accepting Jesus- Senator Binta Masi Garba Mr El-Zakzaky has been detained without trial for over two years. According to videos shared on […]

Senior Pastor, Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress (APC) of not doing enough to secure the release of the remaining 130 Chibok schoolgirls and Leah Sharibu. Bakare stated this while speaking during the Bring Back Our Girls Lecture on Saturday in Abuja. “If any of the […]

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that Senator Abaribe and two others be served with an order of the court to produce the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu or show cause, why the bail granted to him, should not be forfeited, otherwise, risk going […]

Bright Chimezie is one of the co-defendants of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu standing trial on three-count charge of treasonable felony. According to his lawyer Chukwudi Igwe, Mr. Chimezie has been in DSS custody for almost three years. He said a court in Uyo had earlier ordered the release […]

A prosecution witness was nowhere to be found after he was called upon by the prosecution counsel, James Idachaba to testify in the case of Maryam Sanda who allegedly killed her husband. According to the Mr idachaba, the witness was present in court at the resumption of the trial but left without any information regarding […]

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S REMARKS AT THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (NEC) OF ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC), HELD AT THE NATIONAL SECRETARIAT, ABUJA TUESDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2018 Protocols: I welcome all of you dear party members to this year’s NEC meeting. 2. Let me first record my appreciation to the party leadership in Abuja and the States […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has told the three University of Maiduguri lecturers and 10 policewomen, recently released by Boko Haram, that his administration did not relent in its efforts to rescue them since their abduction by Boko Haram insurgents last year. The police officers were abducted on June 20 last year while traveling from Maiduguri, the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has told the three University of Maiduguri lecturers and 10 policewomen, recently released by Boko Haram, that his administration did not relent in its efforts to rescue them since their abduction by Boko Haram insurgents last year. The police officers were abducted on June 20 last year while traveling from Maiduguri, the […]

Nigerian Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday February 13 said Sambisa Forest that has provided shield for Boko Haram belligerents in Borno State has become too hot for the terrorists. The Minister stated this while addressing participants at the launch of Policy Framework and National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in […]

Head of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiite group, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky today spoke to a group of journalists. “It was my own doctors who examined me. Before I used to be examined by security doctors, this time I did not agree, and my own doctors came to examine me. “I am […]

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) says it is “running out of patience” awaiting the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, its leader. Zakzaky has been in detention since the December 2015 clash between soldiers and Shi’ites in Zaria, Kaduna state. The clash reportedly led to the death of over 300 Shi’ites. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday […]

The six-year old Boko Haram victim, Alih Ahmadu, who underwent a successful spinal surgery in Dubai, returned to the country through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Monday. The six-year old Boko Haram victim, Alih Ahmadu, who underwent a successful spinal surgery in Dubai, returned to the country through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on […]